DAIC

JANUARY 29, 2024

The researchers found that Medicare patients undergoing esophagectomy for cancer exhibit identifiable predictors for long-term survival and readmission. These findings suggest opportunities to enhance clinical practice and improve outcomes for Medicare patients undergoing esophagectomy for cancer.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 12, 2023

milla1cf Tue, 12/12/2023 - 07:00 December 12, 2023 — Patients who received the anticoagulant drug warfarin after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement had lower incidence of mortality and a decreased risk of blood clots, according to a retrospective study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

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DAIC

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have granted the company’s Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation system a Transitional Pass-through (TPT) payment. The approval of TPT offers incremental reimbursement payments for outpatient procedures performed with ultrasound renal denervation for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries.

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Vector Remote

MAY 25, 2023

The Heart Rhythm Society recently unveiled the new 2023 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/LAHRS Expert Consensus Statement on Practical Management of the Remote Device Clinic , marking significant progress since the previous 2015 version, which originally identified remote monitoring as the standard of care for implantable cardiac device clinics.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Surgeon

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Miller-Meeks, MD (R-IA) gtrainyte Tue, 12/12/2023 - 13:40 December 20, 2023 Image Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks Join Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks and members of the STS Council on Health Policy and Relationships for this 1-hour long exclusive webinar specially dedicated for STS-PAC contributors.

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DAIC

MARCH 20, 2024

Updated estimates for the burden of chronic limb-threatening ischemia in the Medicare population, Journal of Vascular Surgery, Volume 77, Issue 6, 2023, 1760-1775 2 Seguchi M., Eurointervention; 2023;18-online publish-ahead-of-print January 2023. DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-22-00718 3 BIOTRONIK data on file. 4 Seguchi M.,

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Vector Remote

JUNE 30, 2023

Implementing the 2023 Expert Consensus Statement: A Strategic Roadmap for Device Manufacturer Sales Representatives In the ever-evolving landscape of cardiac device care, keeping pace with guidelines and policies can often seem daunting.

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DAIC

MARCH 27, 2025

This launch coincides with the receipt of pass-through status by the CMS, effectiveApril 1, securing a drug-specific Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) billing code and coverage for traditional Medicare beneficiaries. 2023 Oct, 82 (16) 15981610. Click here to learn more about Flyrcado. link] ii Miller, R. Bednarski, B.

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DAIC

JANUARY 12, 2024

Medicare population. BridgeBio has also presented additional detailed results from ATTRibute-CM at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2023 in August and at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2023 in November. can be viewed in the context of data on the annual overall hospitalization rate of 0.26

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Cassling

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

For the past few years, providers of outpatient Medicare-eligible X-rays conducted on a computed radiography system experienced a payment reduction of 7% on each exam. But on January 1, 2023, that penalty actually jumped up even higher, to 10%.

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American College of Cardiology

JULY 10, 2024

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released on July 10 the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability (HTI-2) proposed rule, building on the HTI-1 final rule released in 2023 and additional information blocking rules released (..)

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American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The ACC is urging members of Congress to co-sponsor the Preserving Seniors' Access to Physicians Act of 2023 (H.R. This proposed legislation would eliminate the 3.37% cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that took effect at the start of this year. 6683) and support its inclusion in any upcoming appropriations package.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As of 2023, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services uses NIHSS as a risk adjustment variable. Medicare and Mount Sinai Health System registry data were linked using a matching algorithm. of Medicare cases even though it was documented in 93.1% Index AIS admissions were identified using the ICD-10-CM code of I63.x.

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DAIC

JUNE 18, 2024

We look forward to working with FDA, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and respective physician societies to bring this technology t­­o U.S. eClinicalMedicine Lancet 2023. 3 “We very much appreciate FDA’s breakthrough designation recognition of the bioadaptor technology,” continued Sirhan. “We JACC 2020. 5 Saito S, et al.

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GEMMS

MARCH 7, 2024

In late 2023, CMS released the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule, ushering in key policy changes for the Quality Payment Program (QPP). MIPS Quality Measurements The Quality performance measure for 2023 includes 30% of the total score.

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DAIC

JANUARY 3, 2024

3 HeartFlow’s FFR CT Analysis is covered by Medicare and for >99% of commercially insured lives. 6 Also in 2023, HeartFlow released its RoadMap Analysis which helps identify and quantify narrowings in the coronary arteries and has demonstrated a 25% faster CCTA read time. REVEALPLAQUE Study, SCCT 2023. Data on file.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We hypothesized that there would be no difference in the DIDO using an established systematic approach to transfers in our 14-hospital integrated healthcare system.Methods:All interhospital transfers for thrombectomy across our 14 PSCs were examined from 10/2020 - 4/2023. were female with a mean age of 69.7 (±16.2). mins, p = 0.7)

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CardiacWire

APRIL 10, 2024

GLP-1s Are So Hot Right Now – In the year since ACC 2023, GLP-1s went from a weight loss and diabetes drug that “might” have cardiovascular benefits to becoming a promising (and Medicare-covered) option for CV event reduction.

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American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Initiatives such as the World Health Organization's "Medication Without Harm" and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) expanded quality measures aim to reduce preventable emergency visits and hospital admissions due to medication-related harm. Page RL 2nd, O'Bryant CL, Cheng D, et al. Circulation. 2016;134(6):e32-69.

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Volume 16, Issue 11 , Page e010148, November 1, 2023. BACKGROUND:Although disparities in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) participation are well documented, the role of community-level distress is poorly understood.

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The Beat Blog

MAY 23, 2023

The following is an edited transcript from an email conversation on April 27, 2023. I learned about the complexities of health insurance – and after several years, I transitioned to the Medicare & Retirement Clinical value team where we worked to reduce the cost of United’s Medicare Advantage plans. Hi Kristie.

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DAIC

MARCH 28, 2025

vii Similarly, recent increases in Medicare reimbursement rates for CCTA are a positive step towards making this technology more accessible. 2023 CTMarket Outlook Report (p. a huge win: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT. AccessedFebruary 2023 vii Moss AJ et al. 2012) 380:2095128. link] iv IMV.2023

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Utilization trends were stratified by region, urbanicity, distressed communities index, community versus academic center, Medicare versus dual enrollment status, indication, urgency, and presence of dissection with malperfusion.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 8, 2023

milla1cf Fri, 12/08/2023 - 08:07 December 8, 2023 — Procyrion, Inc. , The company recently announced it has received CMS approval for Medicare coverage during the DRAIN-HF pivotal trial.

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DAIC

APRIL 24, 2024

CVD is especially prevalent in the Medicare-aged population, affecting more than 75 percent of those aged 60-79 and more than 90 percent of those aged 80 and over. Participants aged 65+ who enrolled in the Hello Heart app from January through October 2023 were studied retrospectively.

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Med Page Today

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Jamie Foxx revealed details about his 2023 near-death experience, saying he had a brain bleed and stroke that left him in a coma for 20 days. (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. CBS News) The H5N1.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Methods:We analyzed data on Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged ≥65 years hospitalized with AIS from April 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021. All patients were followed until March 31, 2023. 0.66, high 0.67-1.0).Results:Among 0.66, high 0.67-1.0).Results:Among years), more likely to be non-Hispanic Black (15.4%

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DAIC

MARCH 31, 2025

Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; June 5, 2023. Comparative effectiveness and healthcare utilization for ambulatory cardiac monitoring strategies in Medicare beneficiaries. 3 Desai et al. Arrhythmias. In: StatPearls. link] 4 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Arrhythmias - What Is an Arrhythmia? www.nhlbi.nih.gov.

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DAIC

MARCH 14, 2024

Ensure all Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and health plans are accepting paper claims. The 2023 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) data submission window closes on April 1. Physicians need an up-to-date database that compiles all the payers that are offering advance payments to physicians.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Results:Main outcome measures were the Medicare calculated self-care and mobility scores on admission and on discharge. 283 patients met at least one of their Medicare calculated discharge goals. Results:Main outcome measures were the Medicare calculated self-care and mobility scores on admission and on discharge. minutes (ST).Conclusion:Stroke

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DAIC

MAY 8, 2024

Longitudinal assessment of safety of FEMOROPOPLITEAL endovascular treatment with paclitaxel-coated devices among Medicare beneficiaries.” 10390, May 2023, pp. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, vol. 301–302, [link]. 3 Secemsky, Eric A., JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 1071, [link]. 4 Bradbury, Andrew W, et al. “A

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Volume 3, Issue S2 , November 1, 2023. Study Population includes all patients with an ischemic stroke inpatient admission in 2018 and were continuously enrolled with Medicare FFS for 1 year prior to and following their initial 2018 stroke admission.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We examined arrival times for ischemic strokes and the timeliness of intervention with our goal to better understand our population and develop methods for improved community outreach and education.Methods:This retrospective study looked at ischemic stroke patients discharged between January-May 2023. A total of 284 patients were reviewed.

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Dr. Anish Koka

JULY 23, 2023

Jeffery Dormu was a double board certified vascular surgeon who was paid $13 million dollars by Medicare alone between 2013 and 2017. In 2018, he even opened a state of the art lab nicknamed “the Watcher” and was paid $18 million from Medicare in the next 3 years. Thanks for reading Dr. Anish Koka's Newsletter!

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Journal of the American Heart Association

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Journal of the American Heart Association, Volume 12, Issue 23 , December 5, 2023. BackgroundSocioeconomic status (SES) is associated with cardiovascular health (CVH). There was heterogeneity by sex, with greater magnitude of associations of SES measures with CVH in women versus men.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A49-A49, February 1, 2024.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Published Research kschukar Thu, 04/20/2023 - 11:12 Recently published (2016 – present) manuscripts utilizing STS data: Adult Cardiac Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery, and Intermacs/Pedimacs.

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